Is my second GPU not being used to it's fullest potential ?

[topless_banana]

Edit: Solved.

After building my PC I ran the Heaven Benchmark for the first time and noticed the results weren't impressive.

So I looked at the TweakTown benchmark for GTX 980 Ti SLI and their results were 97fps avg.



Now what I got with my EVGA GTX 980 Ti hybrid SLI was just 69fps avg.



Besides that, I looked at a youtuber doing the benchmark and both of his GPUs showed the same results -



But what I got was a lot weirder, my second GPU was really lacking.




Is this normal?
What could be the problem?

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Can you host the screenshots on the forum please?
What are the full system specs?
Can you post a screenshot of GPUz?

 

[topless_banana]

Thanks for the reply.

Here is my GPUz


Here is my PC part picker list for my computers pecs.
Also my CPUz report for more details.

 

[EarthDog]

SLI is disabled...the second card is in 2D clocks. If you look at your GPUz screenshots, note where it says "NVIDIA SLI" and to the right it says DISABLED? Enable SLI.

 

[topless_banana]

SLI is disabled...the second card is in 2D clocks. If you look at your GPUz screenshots, note where it says "NVIDIA SLI" and to the right it says DISABLED? Enable SLI.

Well this is embarrassing. I didn't know you have to manually enable SLI, but this leads me to another problem.

SLI needs to be enabled through an option in nVidia panel that I don't have.



And yes, both cards are connected with the SLI bridge that came with my motherboard.

Edit: I played around with the SLI cable and no results. This is how it should look like, right?

 

[EarthDog]

Please list your complete system specifications... CPU/Mobo/Ram/PSU etc...

EDIT: Your board supports SLI... are they in the grey slots? Did you install drivers again after you installed the new card?

 

[topless_banana]

Please list your complete system specifications... CPU/Mobo/Ram/PSU etc...

EDIT: Your board supports SLI... are they in the grey slots? Did you install drivers again after you installed the new card?

I installed both cards at the same time. I have the newest drivers. Both cards are in the grey slots.

 

[EarthDog]

Uninstall all drivers. Use DDU to do so. Reinstall drivers.

Is the BIOS on the motherboard updated to the latest version?

 

[Johan45]

I've had quite a bit of experience with SLI and there are times it can be very difficult to get it to recognize the "SLI" connection. I'd start by wiping and re-installing the drivers. Make sure to go into custom install and do a "clean" installation. This removes any previous driver settings. If this doesn't work, then remove one card and re-do the wipe/install. Once you have re-started, shut down, install the second card with the bridge and it "should" recognize it.

 

[topless_banana]

Uninstall all drivers. Use DDU to do so. Reinstall drivers.

Is the BIOS on the motherboard updated to the latest version?

I've had quite a bit of experience with SLI and there are times it can be very difficult to get it to recognize the "SLI" connection. I'd start by wiping and re-installing the drivers. Make sure to go into custom install and do a "clean" installation. This removes any previous driver settings. If this doesn't work, then remove one card and re-do the wipe/install. Once you have re-started, shut down, install the second card with the bridge and it "should" recognize it.

So I did all of these things. I updated my bios to the absolutely newest version. I uninstalled my GPU drivers with DDU in safe mode. No change. I removed my second GPU, uninstalled the drivers in safe mode with DDU and installed them in a clean install and only after I attached the second GPUwith a different SLI cable (by MSI not ASUS, but it was fresh out of the bag). Still no option for SLI. Extremely frustrating.

 

[EarthDog]

Swap cards in the slots...

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Are you on Windows 8 as it appears in your Heaven screenshot?

 

[topless_banana]

Swap cards in the slots...

tried it, no change. How can this be? It doesn't make any sense. Both cards are completely functional, and so it the SLI cable.

Are you on Windows 8 as it appears in your Heaven screenshot?

no, I'm on windows 10.

 

[EarthDog]

This is a guess... but try only having one monitor plugged in to one GPU and see if you can get SLI going...

EDIT: Did you install chipset and ME drivers from the ASUS website?

 

[ATMINSIDE]

tried it, no change. How can this be? It doesn't make any sense. Both cards are completely functional, and so it the SLI cable.

no, I'm on windows 10.

Can you post a screenshot of System Properties in Windows Explorer please?

 

[topless_banana]

This is a guess... but try only having one monitor plugged in to one GPU and see if you can get SLI going...

Nothing happens when I plug my second monitor into the second GPU. It doesn't display anything. No SLI either.

EDIT: Did you install chipset and ME drivers from the ASUS website?

No, I just installed newest BIOS, but I installed everything from the DVD that came with the motherboard when I put the PC together, which had a ton of drivers.
The truth is the ASUS website is a huge pain when it comes to finding drivers you need. I'll try to find them.

Can you post a screenshot of System Properties in Windows Explorer please?

I'm not sure exactly what you mean, maybe these?

 

[Johan45]

I would try one of the older drivers myself. Something in the late 350's. Sometimes new drivers don't always handle SLI very well.

 

[topless_banana]

I would try one of the older drivers myself. Something in the late 350's. Sometimes new drivers don't always handle SLI very well.

Funny you should say late 350's as I had 359.21 on my PC already. I did the full thing where I uninstalled the previous driver, removed the GPU and only put the GPU back in after installing the driver, unfortunately with no results.

 

[EarthDog]

Nothing happens when I plug my second monitor into the second GPU. It doesn't display anything. No SLI either.

I asked you to try with one monitor plugged into the main card... (though I doubt it will work) not to try the other in the other card.

No, I just installed newest BIOS, but I installed everything from the DVD that came with the motherboard when I put the PC together, which had a ton of drivers.
The truth is the ASUS website is a huge pain when it comes to finding drivers you need. I'll try to find them.

The drivers from the disk are typically older than what is on the website. The website looks fine and is easy to navigate to me... just get the chipset drivers and ME drivers (if W10 didn't do it for you, LOL).

Side note, only install the drivers that you need. installing everything on the disk is a good way to cause conflicts and install items you will never use.

 

[topless_banana]

I asked you to try with one monitor plugged into the main card...

No change.

just get the chipset drivers and ME drivers (if W10 didn't do it for you, LOL).

Nothing is really going my way today.